New hope for aggressive lymphoma: precision therapy trial launches
NCT ID NCT07499271
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 2 trial is testing a combination of targeted drugs and chemotherapy in 35 people newly diagnosed with a specific, hard-to-treat form of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that has a TP53 mutation. The goal is to see if this precision approach can improve how long patients live without their cancer getting worse. Participants will receive a regimen including polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab, and standard chemotherapy drugs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Polatuzumab vedotin, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more effective treatment option for a hard-to-treat form of lymphoma, potentially improving survival rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 35 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The treatment involves chemotherapy drugs with known side effects like infection and heart damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients aged 18 years and older, up to 70 years. 2. Participants must be able to understand and willing to sign the written informed consent form. 3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 3. 4. Life expectancy ≥3 months (as determined by the investigator). 5. Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) confirmed treatment-naive CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. 6. Measurable disease defined by PET-CT as a short-axis diameter of at least ≥1.5 cm. 7. Bone marrow and organ function meeting the following criteria (without blood transfusion, G-CSF, or medication correction within 14 days prior to screening): Bone marrow function: Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5×10⁹/L, platelet count ≥80×10⁹/L, hemoglobin ≥80 g/L. Liver function: Total serum bilirubin ≤1.5×ULN (≤3.0×ULN if liver metastases present); aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5×ULN (≤5.0×ULN if liver metastases present). Coagulation function: International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time ≤1.5×ULN. Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤1.5×ULN or estimated creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min (for males: Cr (mL/min) = (140 - age) × body weight (kg) / \[72 × serum creatinine concentration (mg/dL)\]; for females: Cr (mL/min) = (140 - age) × body weight (kg) / \[85 × serum creatinine concentration (mg/dL)\]). 8. Females of childbearing potential must agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods during the treatment period and for 5 weeks after the last dose of study drug. Sexually active males must agree to use highly effective contraception during the treatment period and for 3 months after the last dose. 9. No difficulty swallowing oral tablets/capsules. 10. Good compliance and willingness to adhere to visit schedules, dosing schedules, laboratory tests, and other examination procedures. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who have previously received systemic anti-tumor therapy. 2. Patients with central nervous system involvement. 3. Patients who received systemic adrenal corticosteroids for more than 5 days within 14 days prior to study drug administration, or who require daily doses of \>10 mg of dexamethasone or equivalent drugs to control central nervous system disease. 4. Active concurrent malignancy requiring active treatment. 5. Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease, including (but not limited to) any of the following: congestive heart failure (NYHA class III or IV); myocardial infarction; unstable angina; or presence of arrhythmia requiring treatment at screening, with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50% within 6 months prior to the first dose; primary cardiomyopathy (e.g., dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, undefined cardiomyopathy); clinically significant history of QTc prolongation, second-degree type II atrioventricular block or third-degree atrioventricular block, or QTc interval (Fridericia's method) \> 470 ms (female) or \> 480 ms (male); atrial fibrillation; patients with uncontrolled hypertension considered unsuitable for participation in the study. 6. Uncontrolled infection or infection requiring intravenous antibiotic therapy. 7. Chronic hepatitis B carriers with active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection (hepatitis B: acute hepatitis B, untreated chronic hepatitis B virus infection, HBV-DNA ≥ the detection limit of the respective center; hepatitis C: HCV RNA positive) or syphilis. Note: Inactive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carriers, subjects with active HBV infection and sustained HBV suppression (HBV DNA \< detection limit of the respective center), and subjects cured of HCV may be enrolled. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 8. Clinically significant gastrointestinal abnormalities that may affect drug intake, transport, or absorption (such as active gastrointestinal inflammation, chronic diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, etc.), or patients with total gastrectomy, gastric banding surgery, or tumor involvement of the gastrointestinal tract. 9. Patients with a history of bleeding disorders, or patients requiring long-term oral anticoagulation due to comorbidities. 10. Female subjects who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding. 11. Allergy to the study drug or excipients. 12. Patients with active psychiatric disorders, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, or substance abuse. 13. Presence of any life-threatening disease, medical condition, or organ system dysfunction that, in the investigator's opinion, may affect patient safety or compliance with study procedures. 14. Other conditions that, in the investigator's opinion, make the patient unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, 215006, China
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